Fremont School District 79 Superintendent of Schools Dr. Trisha Kocanda has announced the hire of Beth Carmody as the principal of Fremont Elementary School for the upcoming 2024-25 school year. As part of an administrative restructure, Caromody take...

Tim Keeley, a long-time school finance professional with broad experience in several suburban districts, has been selected as Associate Superintendent for Business Services for High School District 214, effective July 1, 2023. The Board of Education...

Ever wonder to yourself, "Why go to grad school?" Here's why: A formal education is a credential that no one can take away, and it's a gift that keeps on giving throughout your lifetime. At this particular moment, that rings especially true. High-pa...

The drama surrounding Benet Academy's hiring of a girls lacrosse head coach who is in a same-sex marriage may not be over. In a statement on Tuesday, the school's chancellor, Abbot Austin Murphy of St. Procopius Abbey, said he was "deeply troubled b...

Tamara Johnson, the incoming vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion for Harper College in Palatine, will help increase the college's focus on equity in student achievement. "We are working on strengthening our outcomes (for students of co...

The values and goals of a good company culture is nurtured from within the ranks and openly reflected by its leadership, according to a panel of business leaders speaking Thursday morning at the Corporate Culture Series: Tales from the Front, sponso...

"The market is tough if you're trying to hire new people," the CEO of a boutique Chicago public relations firm recently told me. With unemployment at low levels, she had watched a few great candidates slip away, hired by another company before her ...

Benedictine University in Lisle said Darrell Radson is the new dean of the Daniel L. Goodwin College of Business. He will join the Benedictine community on Jan. 1, 2019. "Dr. Radson's wealth of administrative experience and fundraising acumen will s...

When Robert Baer first traveled to Syria, the country was in the middle of a Muslim Brotherhood revolt against the government. Baer stayed with an Alawite major while bombs exploded in Damascus. Back then, he didn't know why Sunni Muslims were tryi...

When Robert Baer first traveled to Syria, the country was in the middle of a Muslim Brotherhood revolt against the government. Baer stayed with an Alawite major while bombs exploded in Damascus. Back then, he didn't know why Sunni Muslims were tryin...